Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 21 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 138 55 63
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 11.75% 10.24% 12.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 30.46% 35.03% 38.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 44 48
10th Percentile £406 £315 £204
25th Percentile £485 £378 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -5.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £669 £532 £607
90th Percentile £688 £584 £640
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 453 157 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 38.59% 29.24% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 122 112
10th Percentile £366 £296 £210
25th Percentile £449 £388 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £491 £503
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.26% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £582
90th Percentile £688 £649 £636
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £16.30
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £35.00 £32.96 £15.00
% change year-on-year +6.19% +119.73% -33.36%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +4 135 £529 +12.55% 36
Doncaster - 1 - - 2
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (9.42%) Confluence
2 9 (6.52%) Apache Spark
3 7 (5.07%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.45%) Apache
5 2 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.45%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.72%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (52.17%) AWS
2 67 (48.55%) GCP
3 25 (18.12%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (15.22%) GitHub
5 15 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (10.87%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 10 (7.25%) OpenShift
8 9 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (6.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.35%) Serverless
10 5 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (3.62%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.90%) Azure Storage
11 4 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (2.17%) ChatGPT
12 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.52%) Network Security
2 8 (5.80%) SAN
3 4 (2.90%) Firewall
4 3 (2.17%) Kerberos
4 3 (2.17%) NAS
5 2 (1.45%) LAN
5 2 (1.45%) Multicast
5 2 (1.45%) VSAN
5 2 (1.45%) WAN
6 1 (0.72%) DNS
6 1 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.97%) Power BI
3 9 (6.52%) Big Data
4 7 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (4.35%) Data Lake
6 5 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.90%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.90%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.17%) Neo4j
8 3 (2.17%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.45%) Redis
9 2 (1.45%) Trino
10 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.72%) Parquet
10 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (21.01%) Jenkins
2 21 (15.22%) JIRA
3 12 (8.70%) Git
4 7 (5.07%) GitLab
5 6 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (2.90%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.17%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (2.17%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.17%) Fiddler
7 3 (2.17%) REST Assured
7 3 (2.17%) Selenium
8 2 (1.45%) MSBuild
8 2 (1.45%) Terragrunt
8 2 (1.45%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.72%) Gradle
9 1 (0.72%) JMeter
9 1 (0.72%) JUnit
9 1 (0.72%) Maven
9 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.72%) TestNG
General
1 51 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.78%) Finance
3 22 (15.94%) Banking
4 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 6 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.62%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.90%) Legal
8 3 (2.17%) Law
9 2 (1.45%) Billing
9 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (21.74%) DevOps Engineer
2 22 (15.94%) Architect
3 21 (15.22%) Lead
4 12 (8.70%) Developer
5 8 (5.80%) Cloud Architect
6 7 (5.07%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.07%) Lead DevOps
6 7 (5.07%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 7 (5.07%) Security Engineer
6 7 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 6 (4.35%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.35%) Consultant
7 6 (4.35%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.62%) Analyst
8 5 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (3.62%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.32%) REST
2 10 (7.25%) OpenID
3 9 (6.52%) .NET
4 8 (5.80%) Kafka
4 8 (5.80%) OAuth
5 7 (5.07%) ASP.NET
5 7 (5.07%) SailPoint
5 7 (5.07%) SAML
6 6 (4.35%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.35%) LDAP
6 6 (4.35%) PySpark
7 5 (3.62%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.62%) OAuth2
7 5 (3.62%) React
7 5 (3.62%) Spring Boot
7 5 (3.62%) Web Services
8 4 (2.90%) FIDO
8 4 (2.90%) JSON
9 3 (2.17%) ARM Templates
9 3 (2.17%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.29%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.42%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (7.97%) Data Centre
5 9 (6.52%) Onboarding
6 8 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (5.07%) Product Ownership
8 6 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (3.62%) FlexPod
9 5 (3.62%) Public Cloud
9 5 (3.62%) Replication
9 5 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (2.17%) Blog
11 3 (2.17%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.17%) EMC VMAX
11 3 (2.17%) EMC VNX
11 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (1.45%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.87%) Linux
2 8 (5.80%) Data ONTAP
3 7 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (5.07%) Windows
4 6 (4.35%) CoreOS
4 6 (4.35%) VMS
4 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.17%) AIX
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (51.45%) DevOps
2 65 (47.10%) CI/CD
3 38 (27.54%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 27 (19.57%) DevSecOps
6 26 (18.84%) Observability
7 24 (17.39%) Agile
8 23 (16.67%) AI
8 23 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (15.94%) Analytics
10 20 (14.49%) Containerisation
10 20 (14.49%) Microservices
10 20 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (14.49%) Test Automation
11 19 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (13.04%) Data Protection
12 18 (13.04%) Migration
12 18 (13.04%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (12.32%) Cloud Security
14 16 (11.59%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.71%) Python
2 27 (19.57%) SQL
3 22 (15.94%) Java
4 12 (8.70%) PowerShell
5 10 (7.25%) Bash
6 6 (4.35%) C#
6 6 (4.35%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.62%) Shell Script
8 4 (2.90%) Bicep
8 4 (2.90%) Go
8 4 (2.90%) Groovy
8 4 (2.90%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.72%) Scala
9 1 (0.72%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (7.25%) Degree
2 9 (6.52%) AWS Certification
3 6 (4.35%) CISSP
3 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.62%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.62%) OCP
4 5 (3.62%) Oracle Certification
5 4 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.90%) CCSP
5 4 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.90%) CISM
5 4 (2.90%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.17%) CCSK
6 3 (2.17%) NCDA
6 3 (2.17%) NCIE
6 3 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) QA
2 6 (4.35%) NIST
3 5 (3.62%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.17%) GDPR
5 3 (2.17%) GRC
5 3 (2.17%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.45%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.72%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (18.12%) Docker
2 18 (13.04%) Active Directory
3 13 (9.42%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.80%) vSphere
6 7 (5.07%) NFS
7 3 (2.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (2.17%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.17%) SRDF
7 3 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.72%) Ceph
8 1 (0.72%) KVM
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 48 (34.78%) Kubernetes
2 40 (28.99%) Terraform
3 23 (16.67%) Ansible
4 12 (8.70%) Grafana
4 12 (8.70%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.80%) SnapMirror
6 5 (3.62%) Kustomize
6 5 (3.62%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (2.17%) Argo
8 3 (2.17%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (1.45%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.45%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.45%) SnapVault
9 2 (1.45%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.72%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.72%) Istio
10 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.59%) Databricks
2 16 (11.59%) Google
3 10 (7.25%) Red Hat
3 10 (7.25%) VMware
4 8 (5.80%) NetApp
5 7 (5.07%) CyberArk
5 7 (5.07%) Splunk
6 5 (3.62%) OpenAI
6 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.90%) Centrify
7 4 (2.90%) Oracle
8 3 (2.17%) Alibaba
8 3 (2.17%) Brocade
8 3 (2.17%) Cisco
8 3 (2.17%) Dell
8 3 (2.17%) EMC
8 3 (2.17%) IBM
8 3 (2.17%) Okta
8 3 (2.17%) Veeam